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	Clone Yourself with AI Chatbots (Workshop Materials) Programming is fun and easy with chatbots! Create your own chatbot, teach it everything you know, and impress friends with your new digital clone. This easy, flexible programming tool can enhance classroom instruction, professional development, or technical and customer support web sites. Presenter: Amanda Hefner, Academic Technology Analyst, Northside ISD, San Antonio amanda.hefner@nisd.net Chatbot Database HAL Example Resource

1	What Are Chatbots? ...and WHY do I care?? Chatbot Overview Chatbots Are Everywhere & YOU Know One Too! If you surf the Internet, you have likely interacted with many "Chatbots," "Bots," or "Agents" already. Bots can be designed for many purposes and may be visible or hidden within a web site. They are often used to engage site visitors with a digital persona, Provide targeted/helpful information, guide visitors to certain information, or gather information for the site developers. EXPLORATION ACTIVITY: Which Agents do you know?? Take a look at the different categories of Agents found on AgentLand.com. Drill down and see what looks familiar. Try these searches as examples: Home > Search Agents > Specialized > On-line investigation Home > Monitoring Agents > Push Home > Search Agents > Specialized > Image SITE: AgentLand.com file Research on Chatbots in Educational Research Papers Supporting Chatbots in Education file EXAMPLES: Chat with a Bot The following examples were created for various purposes - some educational, technical, or just for fun. They may not all be suitable for student use, but are representative of the diverse capabilities this technology offers. Try a few now and consider how students might use this in their own innovative way. Ditto the Donkey - Experimental ESL bot file ALICE - The Original Chatbot file "God" Chatbot - Philosophical chatbot file Mysterial Artificial Ouija file John Lennon - Talk about music and the 60's file

2	BOTMASTERING 101 ACTIVITY Using the FREE Pandorabots site, create a personalized chatterbot instantly! Teach your new bot about a specific topic or add a pre-programmed "brain" file to start a general knowledgebase for discussions. TUTORIAL: Botmastering 101 Book EXAMPLE: Bot Brain Map Resource EXAMPLE: AIML Code Resource Amanda's Update.aiml Resource

3	Chatbot Development Apps Guide to Botmastering with Pandorabots - by Ritschel PDF document Pandorabots - Free bot builder file HAL Assistant (Zabaware Inc.) file A.L.I.C.E Bot Engine file Chatbot Hub file SiteChatters.com file Wikipedia : Chatterbots file Important Educational Research Homeland Security Uses AI to Solve Crimes (News) Word document Evaluating the Language Resources of Chatbots (Research) PDF document Chatbots for Customer Advantage (Commercial Product) PDF document Blind Students Train Chatbots (Research) PDF document Teacher Develops "Virtual Ceasar" for Class (Testimony) PDF document

4	ENHANCE YOUR BOT! A Look at Programming with Pandorabots PandoraWriter - Easily Create AIML Scripts for Pandorabots file Chat with Angelica about Angels file DEMO BOT: Angelica (with VHOST Character) file TEMPLATE: An HTML Input/Output Bot Page Resource TUTORIAL: Create a Flash Interface for Pandorabot - by Jamie Durrant file Text-to-Speech Readers NEWS: Audio-to-text services help tame the voice mail beast text file SOFTWARE: Ultra Hal Assistant file SOFTWARE: Dragon Naturally Speaking by Nuance file

5	Other Useful Bot Sites AI Center: Excalibur Project AI Depot AI Solutions for Tactical Computer Games and Simulators (lots of really great links) Amit's Game Programming page Game AI page Generation5: At the Forefront of Artificial Intelligence John Laird's Game AI page [University of Michigan] Multi Agent Team AI A Practical Guide to Building a Complete Game AI Art Institute - Game Art & Design Program file

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